Climate averages 1991–2020
Guilin weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Guilin: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 283 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yangshuo (59 km away). In April its highs average 23.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Guilin, with 227 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guilin ranks joint 179th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 878th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Guilin is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 283 mm to 343 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Guilin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 97 | 13.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 15.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 107 | 14.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 18.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 222 | 21.2 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.2°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 283 | 21.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 343 | 21.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 373 | 22.6 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 220 | 20.0 | 13.514 h |
| August | 30.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 144 | 16.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 72 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 71 | 7.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 89 | 9.4 | 10.911 h |
| December | 15.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 69 | 9.1 | 10.611 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Yangshuo in AprilChina · 59 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 227 mm rain
- Liuzhou in AprilChina · 139 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 283 mm rain
- Liping in AprilChina · 157 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.8°C · 223 mm rain
- Hezhou in AprilChina · 161 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 284 mm rain
- Wugang in AprilChina · 164 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Yongzhou in AprilChina · 183 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Yizhou in AprilChina · 186 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 228 mm rain
- Laibin in AprilChina · 202 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 191 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Guilin) is explained once on the Guilin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.